G/TBT/N/ECU/466  
5 June 2019 
(19-3873) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Qua lity) 
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
aramon@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.industrias.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable) : Roofing 
tiles (HS 690510)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 249  (1R) "Tejas 
Cerámicas"  (Draft first revision (1R ) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 
249 "Ceramic roofing tiles") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by ceramic roofing tiles, prior to the marketing of domestic and 
imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive 
practices.  
It applies to ceramic tiles used for roofs and walls.  
It does not apply to:  
• Tiles made with silica -lime materials;  
• Clay roofing fitting s. G/TBT/N/ECU/466  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative re ferences:  
1. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
2. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
3. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
4. EN 539 -1:2007, Clay roofing tiles for discontinuous laying - Determination of 
physical characteristics - Part 1 : Impermeability test;  
5. EN 1304:2014, Clay roofing tiles and fittings - Product definitions and 
specifications;  
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 988 :1982, Tejas cerámicas . 
Determinación de la resistencia a la flexión ; 
7. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 989 :1982, Tejas cerámicas . 
Determinación de la absorción de agua ; 
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE I NEN 990 :1982, Tejas cerámicas . Requisitos . 
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/277  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/277/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesc a, MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
aramon@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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